Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested that cuts made by President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could have contributed to a incident involving a Mexican Navy ship and the Brooklyn Bridge. He expressed concerns about national security and infrastructure protection, demanding accountability. In response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) countered his claims, asserting that the U.S. Coast Guard was not affected by hiring freezes, and the accident was unrelated to water traffic control failures, emphasizing that the ship's loss of propulsion was due to external factors.
"With the Brooklyn Bridge strike last night: I'm fighting for answers about whether Trump and DOGE have impacted water traffic control," Schumer wrote his X post.
"Minority Leader Schumer's accusations that a hiring freeze led to the U.S. Coast Guard's Vessel Traffic Services not being adequately staffed are FALSE," the DHS wrote in the social media post.
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